Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From:	Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de>
To:	gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Memory usage; 32 bit vs 64 bit.
Date:	Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:19:23
Message-Id:	`20110106223201.GD13292@nibiru.local`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Memory usage; 32 bit vs 64 bit. by Volker Armin Hemmann

1	* Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote:
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3	> > Apropos total memory: on my box w/ 4GB, it only shows up 3GB.
4	> > On bootup, kernel (built w/ CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y) says:
5	> >
6	> > 2119MB HIGHMEM available.
7	> > 887MB LOWMEM available.
8	> >
9	> > Who's eating up a whole GB ? BIOS ? GPU ?
10	>
11	> bios
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13	BIOS really eats it all up, or maybe some misconfiguration that
14	causes memory hidden from the OS ?
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16
17	cu
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Subject	Author
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Memory usage; 32 bit vs 64 bit.	Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>